Here We Go Again: Congrats to AAA South For Ending Discriminatory Practice Against Gay Couples...

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In True Catch-22 Style, AAA South Now Allows Married Same-Sex Couples to Purchase Joint Memberships in an Area Where Same-Sex Marriage Isn't Legal

Better World Club congratulates AAA Club South for following our lead and ending its discrimination against same-sex couples.

Up to a point.

Until recently, AAA Club South had refused to recognize gay partnerships as eligible for less expensive associate memberships, forcing both partners to buy more expensive primary memberships. They now have agreed to provide the associate memberships to married couples.

AAA South covers Florida, Georgia, Middle and West Tennessee, and Puerto Rico. Not only is gay marriage not legal in those places, but civil unions and registered same-sex partnerships are also not recognized. Just how many couples can take advantage of this new policy? Or does AAA want them to lie about their status?

Still, at least it's a move in the right direction--and is being heralded as such by gay and lesbian groups. So here we are recognizing AAA in two straight editions of 'Kicking Asphalt' for taking a mini-step toward copying a standing BWC policy. Last time it was Oregon/Idaho AAA adding bicycle roadside assistance (but just covering those two states). And now AAA South takes a step toward BWC's policy of covering both same-sex and opposite-sex domestic partners in all 50 states.

But it's just a step.